Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 150 Violent liquidation, bitter landlords and bureaucrats

On this day, Geng Bingwen therefore spoke to Zhu Wenzheng with a worried look.

Zhu Wenzheng also looked solemn and said: "Yes, but there are so many people, and we can't abandon them."

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Zhu Wenzheng looked back at the people.

These people had been following Zhu Wenzheng's rebels since they left the city. Now when Zhu Wenzheng took a look at them, they were just like a long dragon that stretched to the end.

The entire main force of the Shenji Battalion of more than 5,000 rebels seemed insignificant in front of this long dragon, even just like the dragon's whiskers floating on the long dragon's head.

The key is that this long dragon is still growing.

Many refugees are joining along the way.

Even if the rebels no longer distribute food to the refugees in the periphery.

Xie Cheng, the conductor's colleague, started talking.

"How to rush?"

"Will they listen?"

"mother!"

Li Wenzhong took the initiative to run over and ask, and then ran back and said: "The mistress of the family died of illness. Recently, a large number of people in their village suddenly fell ill."

The refugees in the outermost areas have only relied on the food they brought to solve their hunger problem.

Zhu Wenzheng followed the sound and looked over.

Xie Cheng said at this time: "How about driving these people away?"

At this moment, there was crying not far away.

"Then kill! Whoever follows us will be killed. Let's see if they still dare to follow us!"

Geng Bingwen also started talking at this time, and looked at Zhu Wenzheng as he spoke.

"Pandemics are already prevalent due to the war. With so many people following, there will definitely be more plagues. The antipyretic medicine Mr. Zhang gave us is no longer enough. If this continues, I am afraid that the plague will spread to the main force of our rebel army."

After hearing this, Xie Cheng spoke in panic.

"It's a plague!"

But because of the herd effect and the sense of security brought by following the rebels, many refugees are still joining.

"Damn, what kind of evil did this bitch Hu Yuan do? The constant presence of refugees will only make it easy for the Yuan army to discover us and encircle us. The meaning of our withdrawal from Zhenjiang has become completely meaningless. big!"

"We need to come up with countermeasures as soon as possible! Otherwise, when the refugees from various places gather, there will be more plagues of all kinds, and there may be some terrible new epidemic virus!"

"Mr. Zhang mentioned in his epidemic prevention brochure that gathering a large number of people will accelerate the outbreak of the plague and even produce a more powerful virus!"

"Killing the people directly is still a rebel army or a Datong Society. Isn't that no different from Yuan soldiers?"

"Commander, we'd better come up with a solution quickly. Otherwise, we won't be able to save these people, and we're afraid we won't be able to save ourselves either. We'll either be massacred by the large group of rebels that catch up, or be massacred by the plague, or due to hunger. And die."

"We must isolate them and not let them get too close to other villages!"

"Then what can we do? These people keep following us, and no one will survive!"

"Why can't these common people understand us and have to follow us all the way?"

"They also want to live! If you don't follow the rebels, who will follow? If you don't follow the rebels, you will either be slaughtered by the Yuan army and their lackeys, or you will be robbed and slaughtered by thieves."

The top officials of the Shenji Battalion will quarrel over this.

For most of the officers and generals of the Shenji Battalion of the Rebel Army who were not yet over 20 years old, this was the first time they had encountered this situation, so they were at a loss at first.

Therefore, the new generation of rebel leaders do not know how to respond or manage.

Li Wenzhong also looked at Zhu Wenzheng at this time: "Cousin, what should we do now?"

"Mr. Zhang's Sixteen-Character Technique is really not as easy to operate as imagined."

"Especially when we have to maintain the bottom line here and the enemy is completely shameless." Zhu Wenzheng said with a wry smile at this time.

After speaking, Zhu Wenzheng looked at Xie Cheng, Geng Bingwen and other colleagues:

"Everyone, as a partial force, our purpose of crossing the river in advance to develop independently is to save the people in Jiangnan as soon as possible and reduce the sharp decline of the large number of people in Jiangnan due to the brutal massacre by the reactionaries, so as to avoid the establishment of New China in the future. Only the powerful officials and gentry are left, and even if the people unite with the government, they cannot resist these powerful officials and gentry. "

"So, we cannot abandon these people. If we abandon them, it means that we have failed to cross the river!"

"Even if we can survive, it will just be like following other rebels like bandits and bandits."

"What's more, most of our middle- and lower-class brothers are villagers from Jiangnan. We are willing to give up, but they may not be willing to these people."

"It's just that now the time to test us has arrived. Master leads us to practice individually. We can't just follow Mr. Zhang's instructions. We have to flexibly change our strategies and we must come up with our own methods."

"After all, Mr. Zhang is not here now, and we can't fly to him immediately and ask him what to do, so we have to find a way ourselves."

After Zhu Wenzheng said this, Geng Bingwen, Xie Cheng and others all nodded and began to think seriously.

"That's what I think. Since we can't give up on the people and we have to implement mobile operations, it's better to divide our troops first!"

Zhu Wenzheng said.

"Split the troops?"

"That's right!"

"The five thousand rebels are outnumbered in front of the entire Jiangnan Yuan soldiers, and the three thousand rebels are outnumbered in front of the entire Jiangnan Yuan soldiers. They all have to use guerrilla tactics."

"In this case, why don't we divide our forces and develop them? We should first distract the Yuan army, delay their attack, or even pretend to be the main force, leaving the Yuan army confused as to which group we are."

"In addition, it also reduces the impact of concentrated outbreaks of plague."

Zhu Wenzheng asked.

After hearing this, Xie Cheng said: "This is a way. In this way, we can divide into a few more strands and develop while guerrilla. One thousand can become two thousand, and two thousand can become ten thousand, just like a hen laying eggs!"

"That's right!"

"In this case, I think our strategy towards dealing with landlords and bureaucrats needs to change."

Geng Bingwen echoed and put forward his own views.

Zhu Wenzheng then asked him: "How to change?"

"Transform the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction implemented by Mr. Zhang in Waliang Lei into confiscation of land, food and other property of landlords and bureaucrats, and carry out revolution in a more violent way!"

"Didn't Mr. Zhang say that our rebellion is not a gentle thing?"

"Now that I think about it, this is really not a good thing for you and me and for everyone."

"We don't have enough food to feed so many people, and we can't abandon so many people. It's impossible to transport food from Jiangbei all at once. We can only ask the landlords and bureaucrats for food, and their donations are no longer enough. We have to raid their homes. Be able to!"

"In short, our current situation is that we, the rebel army, can only take care of one of the common people and the scholar-bureaucrats, but we cannot take care of both!"

"Since we cannot abandon the people and want them to live, we can only implement stricter liquidation of the landlords and bureaucrats. After all, the landlords and bureaucrats can still live if they are liquidated, but the people cannot live if they are abandoned. Although the property of the landlords and bureaucrats is not necessarily Obtained illegally, but our rebels need them to make greater contributions to the uprising, and they must also make greater contributions to the uprising! "

"With enough food and fields, we can feed the people, mobilize the people, establish base areas, and turn the support of the people into the people's power that can help us grow!"

"Furthermore, our uprising is about violent reform, not about you and me, so we must either be ruthless to the people or ruthless to the landlords and bureaucrats."

“You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”

"This is determined by reality. It is the more reactionary behavior of the landlords and bureaucrats that leads us to need to adopt more violent methods to carry out the uprising!"

After Geng Bingwen said that, he looked at Zhu Wenzheng and others.

Zhu Wenzheng nodded: "It's time for us to make our position clear."

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Zhu Wenzheng looked at the others and said: "Brothers, we should choose to stand on the side of the people and let the landlords and bureaucrats suffer as Mr. Zhang said!"

(End of this chapter)